2024-2025 Season Press Photos

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THE CONCERT VERSION OF THE MUSICAL KRISTINA

  • Person with curled blonde hair wearing a plum tank top looking at the camera with a closed lip grin.
    Elise Benson, Kristina
  • Person with short brown hair wearing a green button down top looking at the camera and smiling.
    Evan Tyler Wilson, Karl Oskar
  • Person with glasses wearing a plum button down top, a light colored suit coat, and dark blue pocket square looking at the camera and smiling.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III, Robert, Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Person with curled brown hair wearing a sparkly taupe top looking at the camera and smiling.
    Clara Osowski, Ulrika
  • VocalEssence Ensemble Singers wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Chorus, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • VocalEssence Ensemble Singers wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person in a tuxedo holding a baton and conducting. Photo Credit: Katie Jeanne Photography
    Philip Brunelle conducting. Photo Credit: Katie Jeanne Photography
  • Two people, one wearing a dark jacket and button down shirt, the other wearing a brown tweed jacket and a lighter button down shirt pose for the camera.
    Benny Andersson and Philip Brunelle in Stockholm at Benny’s office in 1995

Welcome Christmas 2024

  • VocalEssence singers holding black folders and wearing black with colorful scarves perform at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting.
    Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black suit conducting.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage.
    Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Two people sitting at an organ with timpani and another person to the left.
    Northrop's Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in action. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    Members of the VocalEssence Chorus performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage.
    Philip Brunelle conducts the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • People wearing red and white Santa hats holding black folders and singing.
    VocalEssence Singers Of This Age perform carols in Northrop Lobby. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Person in black suit playing piano with singers wearing black and multicolored scarves singing.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III at the piano with VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Musicians wearing black play brass instruments.
    Brass Players Perform, Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage decorated with poinsettias.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts VocalEssence singers. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    Members of the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers perform at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min

Bach's Christmas Oratorio

  • The bottom half of a violin with sheet music, pine, and cranberries adorning the front of the fiddle on rustic wood background. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Image
  • Person wearing glasses a red button down shirt and suit coat smiles at the camera.
    Matthias Maute
  • Person wearing glasses a yellow button down shirt and suit coat smiles at the camera.
    Philip Brunelle
  • Person wearing a white button down shirt and suit jacket looks directly at the camera.
    Nicholas Chalmers
  • People wearing black and red and holding Baroque instruments pose for a photo.
    Members of the Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota.
  • VocalEssence Ensemble Singers wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person conducting orchestra members.
    Mattias Maute conducts the Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota Musicians and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers in December 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person conducting orchestra members.
    Philip Brunelle conducts the Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person wearing black sings in front of orchestra players performing at a concert.
    Nicholas Chalmers performs Bach's Christmas Oratorio in December 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Singers holding black folders and orchestra players perform.
    The Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Singers holding black folders and orchestra players perform.
    The Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Orchestra players wearing black play their instruments.
    The Orchestra of the Bach Society of Minnesota performs. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Man in black suit with red shirt and man in black tuxedo hold hands above their heads in front of orchestra musicans and singers. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    Matthias Maute and Philip Brunelle. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox

WITNESS: Eyes on the Prize

  • VocalEssence singers wearing black and multicolored stoles perform on stage for the annual WITNESS concert. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with multicolored stoles sing.
    VocalEssence Singers perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Person wearing a gold dress and flowered hair piece holding a book with the word "FREEDOM" on it and chains holding the book together sings.
    Thomasina Petrus sings. Photo Credit: Lisa Miller
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with multicolored stoles sing with their hands reaching out.
    VocalEssence Singers perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with a gold pattern sing with their hands reaching out on the shoulders of the singer next to them.
    Members of VocalEssence Singers Of This Age perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Conductor wearing black holds out hands in front of VocalEssence Singers wearing stoles. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III and VocalEssence Singers, Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with multicolored stoles sing with their hands reaching out.
    VocalEssence Singers perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with multicolored stoles sing.
    VocalEssence Singers perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • Person wearing a dark blue button down shirt and dark suit coat with hands reaching out and singing.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III sings. Photo Credit: Lisa Miller
  • Singers wearing dark clothes with a gold pattern sing with their hands reaching out.
    VocalEssence Singers perform at WITNESS. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness

Voices for a Cathedral

  • Many singers perform in front of an audience in the ornate sanctuary of the Cathedral of Saint Paul that features a baldachin with black and gold marble columns that has a bronze latticework canopy. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person wearing glasses with a beard and short hair looks at the camera.

Sacred Voices

  • The sun and its rays shine beams of light through clouds breaking into blue sky above the sun and an orange hued sky below. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Image
  • Person wearing glasses with a beard and short hair looks at the camera.
  • Person wearing a red top with a gold belt, decorative gold earrings and dark hair pulled back in a ponytail.
  • Philip Brunelle conducting, Photo Credit: Katie Jeanne Photography
  • VocalEssence Chorus members wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • VocalEssence Ensemble Singers wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People wearing black clothes, holding black folders singing, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Conductor wearing black tuxedo in front of singers holding black folders and wearing black clothes. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox

Philip's Favorites

  • Philip Brunelle, conductor, looks into the camera smiling with his hands open and near his face. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Person in a tuxedo holding a baton and conducting. Photo Credit: Katie Jeanne Photography
    Philip Brunelle conducting. Photo Credit: Katie Jeanne Photography
  • VocalEssence Ensemble Singers wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People dressed in black and holding black folders standing on risers in front of a paneled wall with a conductor leading them perform in front of an audience.
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, conducted by Philip Brunelle, perform. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People dressed in black and holding black folders standing on risers in front of a paneled wall with a conductor leading them perform in front of an audience.
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers perform. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People dressed in black and holding black folders standing on risers in front of a paneled wall perform in front of an audience.
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers perform. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People dressed in black and holding black folders standing on risers in front of a paneled wall with a conductor leading them perform in front of an audience.
    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, conducted by Philip Brunelle, perform. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting.
    Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Conductor wearing black tuxedo in front of singers holding black folders and wearing black clothes. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    Philip Brunelle conducts the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox

Mending the Sky

  • Person in suit with red shirt conducting. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts, Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness
  • VocalEssence Chorus members wearing black pose for a photo. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Chorus, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • People wearing black clothes, holding black folders singing, Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
    VocalEssence Chorus members performing. Photo Credit: Bruce Silcox
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    Members of the VocalEssence Chorus performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography